Morel T-Shirt
Morel T-Shirt
Size & fit
Comfort Colors 1717. Relaxed fit, true to size; size down for a closer fit.
| Size | Chest width (in) | Length (in) |
|---|---|---|
| S | 18 ¼ | 26 ⅝ |
| M | 20 ¼ | 28 |
| L | 22 | 29 ⅜ |
| XL | 24 | 30 ¾ |
| 2XL | 26 | 31 ⅝ |
| 3XL | 27 ¾ | 32 ½ |
| 4XL | 29 ¾ | 33 ½ |
Measured flat: chest across, 1 in below the armholes; length from the high shoulder. Compare with a T-shirt you own and like.
Each shirt is garment-dyed after it is sewn, so the colour can vary slightly from shirt to shirt.
Yellow and grey morels, and one cut open to show the hollow cap and stem that set a true morel apart.
The shirt
- Comfort Colors 1717: heavyweight 100% ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed and pre-shrunk.
- The full plate on the back; a detail from it on the left chest.
- Wash cold, inside out; tumble dry low. Don't iron over the print.
Shipping & production
Each shirt is printed for you after you order. Most orders are printed and on their way within 2–5 business days; delivery time depends on the shipping method you choose at checkout. Shipping is shown at checkout before you pay.
Returns
If your shirt arrives damaged, misprinted or defective, contact us within 30 days of delivery with a photo and we'll send a replacement or a refund. Because every shirt is printed to order, we can't accept returns or exchanges for size or a change of mind, so please check the size chart above before ordering.
Plate 002
From the book
- Species
- Morchella esculenta
- As named in the book
- Morchella esculenta
- Artist
- James Sowerby
- Book
- Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms, pl. 51, 1797
“The Morell is one of the few species known to the settler and to the farmer. It loves old apple orchards.”
Then and now
Sowerby's specimens were English. North America's yellow morels are now mostly treated as a separate species, Morchella americana.
Field notes
The plate's most important figure is the one cut in half.
James Sowerby painted these morels in London in 1797, yellow and grey, and one specimen sliced open to show the inside. That cut specimen is the key figure: a true morel is hollow from the tip of its cap to the base of its stem, one continuous chamber. False morels are chambered or stuffed with cottony tissue.
Morels keep their own counsel about where they appear. Charles McIlvaine wrote in 1900 that the morel "loves old apple orchards"; others turn up by dying elms, in river bottoms, or by the thousands in western conifer forests the spring after a fire.
Sowerby's specimens were English, Morchella esculenta. DNA work has since shown that most of North America's yellow morels are a different species, Morchella americana. Same pits and ridges, a different branch of the family tree.
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